OHSU awarded $6.7 million to study effects of cannabis use during pregnancy in people with HIV

Study will explore impact of THC use on maternal, placental, fetal health in context of HIV infection

By Angela Yeager September 22, 2025 Portland, Oregon

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OHSU awarded $6.7 million to study effects of cannabis use during pregnancy in people with HIV

Oregon Health & Science University researchers. from left, James Frank, Ph.D., Benjamin Burwitz, Ph.D., Jamie Lo, M.D., M.C.R., and Matthias Schabel, Ph.D., have received a grant from the National Institutes of Health to investigate how cannabis use during pregnancy may affect pregnancy outcomes for pregnant people with HIV. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)

OHSU awarded $6.7 million to study effects of cannabis use during pregnancy in people with HIV

Oregon Health & Science University researchers, from left, Matthias Schabel, Ph.D., James Frank, Ph.D., Jamie Lo, M.D., M.C.R., and Benjamin Burwitz, Ph.D., have received a grant from the National Institutes of Health to investigate how cannabis use during pregnancy may affect pregnancy outcomes for pregnant people with HIV. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)

Jamie Lo, M.D., M.C.R. (OHSU)

Benjamin Burwitz, Ph.D. (OHSU)

Matthias Schabel, Ph.D. (OHSU)

James Frank, Ph.D. (OHSU)

OHSU awarded $6.7 million to study effects of cannabis use during pregnancy in people with HIV

Oregon Health & Science University researchers. from left, Benjamin Burwitz, Ph.D., James Frank, Ph.D., Matthias Schabel, Ph.D., and Jamie Lo, M.D., M.C.R., have received a grant from the National Institutes of Health to investigate how cannabis use during pregnancy may affect pregnancy outcomes for pregnant people with HIV. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)